Why is This Happening to Me
Title: Why is This Happening to Me – A Guide for Learning Emotional Intelligence
Author: Kathleen Kelly
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1504370950
Pages: 228
Genre: Non-fiction
Reviewed by: Susan Brown
Hollywood Book Reviews
Have you ever found yourself in a situation with family, friends or coworkers where you say to yourself, “What am I doing here?” or “How did I get into this predicament?” Understanding the answers to these questions so intrigued author Kathleen Kelly that she wrote this book, explaining the vital
If I Die Before I Wake
Title: If I Die Before I Wake: A Caregiver’s Journey
Author: Eli Shaw
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1643616278
Pages: 368
Genre: Biographies/Health, Fitness & Dieting
Reviewed By: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
One of the most fulfilling and momentous milestones in a person’s journey has to be the helping of others, and the joy it brings not only those people to have someone in their lives who cares for them to that level but the joy
All Over The World Boys Behaving Badly
Title: All Over The World Boys Behaving Badly
Author: Brynn Sommerlynn
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing LLC
ISBN: 978-1643617770
Pages: 184
Genre: Autobiography/Non-fiction
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
One of the biggest topics of discussion in the evolving world we live in has to be the discussion of what defines a man. As director Barry Jenkins once said, “Sometimes,
Stuart Duffelmeyer and the Masters of Plagues
Title: Stuart Duffelmeyer and the Masters of Plagues
Author: Dewey B. Reynolds
Publisher: Author Reputation Press, LLC
ISBN: 9781951020804
Pages: 306
Genre: Fantasy/Fiction
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
In a day and age such as this, one of the things which has grown steadily is the level of cruelty and pranks children and students will play on those they deem weaker than themselves. As Scott Aukerman once said, “I guess when I was a kid I wasn’t the type of person playing
Cousins
Title: Cousins
Author: Mary Ellen Brown Carlson
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-950256-85-3
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Pages: 26
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
Hollywood Book Reviews
It is said, “You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family,” but when your family members are your best friends, you are certainly blessed. That is the feeling one gets from reading Cousins by author Mary Ellen Brown Carlson and delightfully illustrated by artist Wes Bossman.
In
Tippy and the Runaway Cloud
Title: Tippy and the Runaway Cloud
Author: Theodora Klein-Carroll
Publisher: Toplink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1733132800
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Pages: 30
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
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With an abundance of imagination, an artful skill of illustrating and a fine storytelling talent, author and artist Theodora Klein-Carroll has created the quintessential illustrated children’s book titled Tippy and the Runaway Cloud.
Tippy, a raindrop, floating above a corn field, looking down notices the plants drooping, in need of
How I Took A Bartending Course And Traveled For Seventeen Years
Title: How I Took A Bartending Course And Traveled For Seventeen Years
Author: Steven Nicolle
Publisher: Author Reputation Press
ISBN: 978-1970081503
Pages: 246
Genre: Travel Reference/Culinary Biographies & Memoirs
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
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Travel can often be good for a person to grow and learn more about themselves outside of the life they know. It was Saint Augustine who said, “The world is
Poems, Short Stories, and Things Remembered
Title: Poems, Short Stories, and Things Remembered
Author: Gloria G. Blakeney
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64361-596-7
Pages: 100
Genre: Fiction-Poem
Reviewed by: Christa Hill
Hollywood Book Reviews
Many of the poems in this collection reflect a religious attitude or perspective that lulls the reader into a more reverent state of mind. The perspective presented in to poems tends towards Christianity and a belief in Jesus Christ. Each of the stories and poems are wholesome, joyful,
Enter At Your Own Risk
Title: Enter At Your Own Risk
Author: Timothy Bartlett
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64361-378-9
Genre: Short Stories
Pages: 398
Reviewed by: Carl Conrad
Hollywood Book Reviews
Enter At Your Own Risk is both the title of this book of 56 short stories of varying lengths by Timothy Bartlett as well as also the critical admonition above a doorway in a tree in
Moon’s Black Gold
Title: Moon’s Black Gold
Author: R.H. Peake
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-0595466009
Pages: 236
Genre: Romance/Mysteries
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
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Fusheeswa
Title: Fusheeswa
Author: John H. Bidwell
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-5043-8154-3
Pages: 210
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: C.C. Thomas
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John Bidwell’s Fusheeswa opens with a dream sequence in which the main character, John, is in a misty forest. While there he meets a beautiful woman. Just when the dream is about to be interesting, his cat Sebastian wakes him up by jumping on him. John, however, is not to be deterred by this feline interference and pursues
The Andean Cross
Title: The Andean Cross
Author: Lawrence Clayton
Publisher: Westwood Book Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 987-1-64361-770-1
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 249
Reviewed by: Suzanne Gattis
Hollywood Book Reviews
The novel The Andean Cross by Lawrence Clayton has a little bit of everything wrapped into an interesting and page turning package: buried treasure, history, drug cartels, adventure, intrigue, spies, faith and an all-American love story intertwined masterfully. In addition, I found the overall question of the book, whether
Returning to Eden
Title: Returning to Eden
Author: John Mazurk
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ASIN: B079V22RLX
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 198
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
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In Returning to Eden, John Mazurk makes the reader intensely think about mortality, present-day life, the future, science, religion, social norms, and how they shape our living. The author uses a modest tone when talking about contentious topics such as religion, politics and
Turning the Tide
Title: Turning the Tide: A fresh vision for a better future
Author: Patrick Gray
Contributor: James Emerson
Publisher: Independent Publishing Network
ISBN: 1789723477
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 106
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Hollywood Book Reviews
In Turning the Tide: A fresh vision for a better future, the author and contributor lay facts, expound on specifics in British politics and analyze reality on the ground. The intent of the author, contributor and the radical party, in general, is to enlighten readers on
In the Beginning
Title: In the Beginning: The Early Days of Religious Beliefs
Author: Jaime Reyes
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64361-830-2
Pages: 119
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed By: Dan MacIntosh
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Jaime Reyes has created a story imagining the lives of Neanderthals, dating back to 65,000 BC. The purpose of his story is to show how natural it would have been for early man to invent the concept of god. It centers around a character named Og, who is particularly
Body In The Woods
Title: Body In The Woods
Subtitle: A Jack Ludefance Novel
Author: Behcet Kaya
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages: 288
Genre: Fiction / Crime / Mystery
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
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Florida Private Investigator, Jacque (who goes by Jack) Ludefance, is embroiled in murder, mayhem, industrial espionage, maybe even treason in this second installment of the Cajun gumshoe’s adventures. However, this time the action isn’t taking place on the sandy seashores
Operation Wappen
Title: Operation Wappen: A War That Never Was
Author: Robert K. Maddock, Jr.
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64361-781-7
Pages: 80
Genre: Nonfiction/Autobiography/History/War
Reviewed by: CC Thomas
Hollywood Book Reviews
While most historical books can be dry black and white tomes of facts, Robert Maddock Jr. makes his story come alive in more ways than one. The first thing which stands out about Maddock’s Operation Wappen: A War that Never Was is the amazing formatting of the book. The pages
Polyxena
Title: Polyxena: A Story of Troy
Author: H. Allenger
Publisher: Author Reputation Press
ISBN: 978-1-95102-092-7
Pages: 385
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Tara Mcnabb
Hollywood Book Reviews
A young woman’s royal quest becomes an unexpected journey of self-discovery and forbidden love in author H. Allenger’s novel Polyxena: A Story of Troy.
The Greeks have just taken Troy, yet a savage war still rages on. Desperate and vulnerable to further invasions by the Greeks, King Priam decides to send his daughter, Princess
Hope Betrayed
Title: Hope Betrayed
Subtitle: A Stripping of Trust
Author: Charles R. Kuhn
Publisher: LitFire Publishing
Pages: 278
Genre: Fiction / Thriller
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
Author Charles R. Kuhn has fashioned a contemporary thriller whose subject matter reaches into the very heart of present-day commerce, religious, and political debate. His tale involves a chase across countries and continents, eventually coming full circle in revelations that rock long-respected institutions. Before his novel’s end,
The Girl With The Lightning Brain
Title: The Girl With The Lightning Brain
Author: Cliff Ratza
Publisher: AuthorCentrix, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1641333313
Pages: 546
Genre: Thriller & Suspense/Action Fiction
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
One of the most precious things a person can have in their life is their mind; in particular their memories. As Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel once said, “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization,
The Girl Who Electrified The World
Title: The Girl Who Electrified The World
Author: Cliff Ratza
Publisher: Stonewall Press
ISBN: 978-1949362817
Pages: 694
Genre: Genetic Engineering Science-Fiction/Adventure
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
There is so much of a person’s life that can be attributed to their genetics. As computer programmer and writer Ellen Ullman once said, “Genetics is where we come from. It’s
The Tale of the Christmas Hero
Title: The Tale of the Christmas Hero
Author: Carolyn Mitchell
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64361-349-9
Pages: 36
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Reviews
The Tale of the Christmas Hero is a delightful holiday story for kids of all ages. Carolyn Mitchell’s book is a story that readers will enjoy.
The Tale of the Christmas Hero tells the story of Santa Claus’ reindeer at the North Pole who are chasing after a mouse
White Men Can’t Hump (As Good As Black Men): Volume II
Title: White Men Can’t Hump (As Good As Black Men): Volume II: Sex & Race In America
Author: Todd Wooten
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1425959760
Pages: 212
Genre: Medical Psychology of Sexuality/Ethnic Demographic Studies
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
So many aspects of life that get taken for granted have sadly been used as tools or weapons to instill a negative outlook on a group of people in the United States.
White Men Can’t Hump (As Good As Black Men): Volume I
Title: White Men Can’t Hump (As Good As Black Men): Volume I: Race & Sex In America
Author: Todd Wooten
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1425957438
Pages: 304
Genre: Ethnic Demographic Studies/Social Sciences
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
One of the most relevant, powerful and important topics in the world right now is race relations. While so much progress has been made over the years, the struggle for
Enigma
Title: Enigma
Author: Amie Van Gogh
Publisher: LitFire Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-64398-535-0
Pages: 204
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Candace L. Barr
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Amie Van Gogh’s Enigma combines fantasy elements with mystery to tell the story of groups of agents of S6, an Argentine forensic research center, who become involved in a strange case. It is up to Shein, Sue, and Mike to try to stop a mysterious killer, known only as the “predator,” with an insanely high body count and